Hairpin receptacle



Patented Oct. 14, 1.952

HAIRPIN RECEPTACLE Philip Napoleon Boudreau, Lake Megantc, Quebec, Canada Application March 22, 1950, Serial No. 151,084

v In Canada November 8, 1949 1 01mm. l

This invention relates to a receptacle adapted to hold hairpins and like small articles used by ladies in doing their hair up, and the object of the invention is to so form the interior of a receptacle of this class whereby a pin to be removed therefrom will be elevated above its fellows while still in the receptacle so that the user may remove it with great ease from its fellows, with the fingers of one hand, thus leaving the other hand free to hold the hair in place until a hair pin, for example, is put to use, as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section through the receptacle, and Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3, Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a vertical section on the line 44, Figure 1.

In the drawings like characters of reference refer to the same parts.

Itis well known that such articles as hairpins, safety pins, and the ordinary dressmakers pins, are not readily individually separated from their fellows for removal from receptacles having fiat inner bottoms or floors, and vertical walls. It is to completely overcome the disadvantage in use of such well-known receptacles that the present receptacle has been designed. l

The receptacleimay have any desired exterior form, and although it 1s illustrated as having a lid, such is not essential, though it is preferably used. The type of lid shown is of course well known.

The exterior of the bottom 5, of the receptacle 2, is at so that the receptacle will stably rest on a table or dresser, and although the front wall 9, of the receptacle is exteriorly shown as in the form of a surface 3', sloping inwardly, this shape is not essential. l

The inner surfaces of the rear wall 3, and the side walls 4, are vertical with relation to the bottom 5. In the walls 4, areformed horizontal grooves 6, to receive the lid or cover 1.

The upper surface of the bottom 5, forms the floor 8, of the receptacle. This floor 8, is formed to slope longitudinally of the receptacle in two relatively long angularly-disposed surfaces from the rear'wall 3, to the top of the front wall 9. These angularly-disposed surfaces are joined by a trench I', extending from one side wall to the other as shown clearly in Figure 1, and for its whole length this floor is concave in form essen-` tially from one side wall 4, to the other, as shown at I0. The deepestpart of this concavity coincides with the longitudinal axis of the floor 8. The purpose of this concavity is to use the sloping sides thereof to cause the pins for the entire 2 length thereof to move into the deepest part of the concavity in parallel relationship where they can be always located in this relationship, one by one, by the fingers and readily drawn up the lower sloping surface of the floor and up the upper sloping surface thereof across the trench Ill' onto and over the fiat ledge Il, of the-wall 9, and. out of the box.

By means of the ledge Il, as the article being withdrawn is moved thereonto it asumes a hori- Zontal position andpart will extend therebeyond, leaving it free to be readily grasped by the hand.

The construction shown makes the inner sloping side of the wall 9, of the container, part of the concaved floor 8.

As a hairpin is drawn along the upper end of l the lower sloping surface of the floor Bit will, because of its length, span the trench I0', (see Fig. 1

l) with the result that the pin will be elevated above its fellows and thus be readily identified by the fingers and drawn upwardly on the rest of the floor to the fiat edge Il.

Changes in shape of construction may be made in that shown without departing from the spirit of thefinvention, and the scope of the claim.

I claim:

A receptacle for the purpose specified, having y one interior vertical rear wall and two interior-*vertical side walls, and a front wall having a top flat ledge the iioor of a receptacle sloping longitudinally of the receptacle in two angularly-disposed relatively-long surfaces ex-` tending from said rear wall to the top flat ledge of theI front wall of the receptacle, the said sur- REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

" UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name f Date 744,635 Sinclair et al Nov. 17, 1903 1,329,771 Jones Feb. 3, 1920 2,051,131 Crow Aug. 18, 1936 Young Feb. 4, 1941 

